Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Introduction to the verb asphalter
The English translation of the French verb asphalter is “to pave/asphalt.” It is pronounced “ahs-fahl-tey.”
The word “asphalter” is a verb derived from the noun “asphalte,” which comes from the Latin word “asphaltum,” meaning asphalt. It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to talk about actions that would have taken place in the past if certain conditions had been met.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
- Si nous avions eu plus de temps, nous aurions pu asphalter la route. (If we had had more time, we could have paved the road.)
- Tu aurais aimé que la ville asphalte les trottoirs, n’est-ce pas ? (You would have liked the city to pave the sidewalks, wouldn’t you?)
- Ils auraient préféré asphalter la cour plutôt que le jardin. (They would have preferred to pave the courtyard rather than the garden.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of asphalter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais asphalté | Si je n’avais pas oublié, j’aurais asphalté la route. | I would have paved the road if I hadn’t forgotten. |
tu | aurais asphalté | Tu aurais asphalté la rue. | You would have paved the street. |
il | aurait asphalté | Il aurait asphalté le parking. | He would have paved the parking lot. |
elle | aurait asphalté | Elle aurait asphalté le trottoir. | She would have paved the sidewalk. |
on | aurait asphalté | On aurait asphalté la piste cyclable. | One would have paved the bike path. |
nous | aurions asphalté | Nous aurions asphalté la route. | We would have paved the road. |
vous | auriez asphalté | Vous auriez asphalté la rue. | You would have paved the street. |
ils | auraient asphalté | Ils auraient asphalté la chaussée. | They would have paved the roadway. |
elles | auraient asphalté | Elles auraient asphalté la rue. | They (female) would have paved the street. |
Other Conjugations for Asphalter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb asphalter
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Asphalter – About the French Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Expressing Unreal Past Scenarios
Polite Requests or Suggestions
Expressing Doubt or Uncertainty
Interactions with Other Tenses
Conditional Present
Indicative Past Tenses
Conditional Future
Summary
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